On June 30, 1908, a giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska in Siberia. The impact leveled hundreds of miles of ...

A star passed near Earth and the Sun and jostled objects in the Oort Cloud 2.5 million years ago, sending them on a journey towards us. They are all long-period comets, meaning most of them would ...

Halley’s Comet is one of the most famous visitors in our Solar System. It is a massive, peanut shaped object made of ice, ...

Around 7:15 am on June 30 in 1908, during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II, an object from space entered Earth's atmosphere over ...

Bennu, Apophis, and thousands of near-Earth objects are under constant surveillance by space agencies around the world.

June 30 marks Tunguska, Congo independence, and Soyuz 11, plus events from Hernán Cortés to Tower Bridge, Hitler’s purge, and ...

An explosion powerful enough to destroy millions of trees should have left behind a giant crater. Instead, when scientists ...

As Iran and US President Trump contradict over talks in Qatar, Israeli strikes killed five people, including a child, in the ...

This year’s Asteroid Day has planned events worldwide and online. It acts as a reminder about advances in planetary defense.

Look to the west to catch Venus and Jupiter shining bright, with Saturn and Mars visible in the east for early risers, and ...

Russia’s Defence Ministry said in a statement that the bombardment was in response to Ukraine’s recent barrage of long-range ...

Our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles that one day could threaten Earth—so what ...